[techtalk] dead mouse

[Julie]

Daniel Manrique wrote:
> 
> >
> > No idea about USB mice, though - or how you get the input from mouse
> > wheels. Anyone?
> 
> they're on /dev/input/mice. Reading raw input works just as usual using
> cat.
> 
> Judging from the way you configure them in X, the wheel works just like an
> extra pair of buttons; rolling the wheel up counts as clicking button 4,
> and rolling down counts as button 5.

I'll have to steal my son's wheeled mouse and see how that works.
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